InterSystems hosted its flagship READY 2025 Summit in Johannesburg, bringing together healthcare leaders, partners and innovators to discuss how data and AI are reshaping care across Africa. The company highlighted advances in its InterSystems IRIS data platform, including built-in vector search, retrieval-augmented generation, and generative AI tools that allow organisations to analyse structured and unstructured data without moving it to external systems. “Data is only powerful when it is usable,” said Gokhan Uluderya, director of product management for data platforms. Henry Adams, InterSystems South Africa country manager, said the summit underscored the importance of collaboration. “Innovation is never just about technology; it is about the community of people, organisations and ideas that bring it to life.”